Storage battery



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- BENJAMIN r. rorn, -o r new Yonx, N. Y.

STORAGE BATTERY.

Application filed February 7, 1924. Serial No. 691,172.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Pom,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at New York, in the county of New Y ork and State of New York, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in such for instance as commonly used in automobiles and motor cars in such manner that prior to removal of the batteries from their supports it is necessary to remove from the battery terminals the usual main current leads. This arrives from the fact that the leads extend to portions of the automobile, one lead to the main switch and one to a ground clamp. Thus as the battery support or holder is commonly fixed in connection with the chassis it follows that upon each removal and replacement of a battery, the leads must be detached before one battery is lifted out of the support or holder and re.-.' attached upon replacement of another battery. 1

Such a proceeding as the above, necessary under the present practice requires consi erable time and trouble and, in careless hands, often results in broken battery boxes and cells and my invention has for its primary object to permit of freely removing a battery from its support or holder upon detachment of the clamps usually employed to hold the battery therein and without the necessity of removing leads or attaching leads upon installation of a new battery or a recharged one.

In a broad sense my invention proposes to accomplish this by providing the battery with permanent conductors-leading from its terminals to contact blocks mounted on the battery case in such position as to effectively engage somewhat similar blocks carried by the battery support orholder, to which latter contact blocks the battery leads are secured and may be permanently joined.

These objects and the particular advantages of-iny improvements will be apparent from the following description indetail, reference being bad to the accompanyin drawing which forms a part of this specification, and wherein, p

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing my invention, s

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof,

' Figure 3 is an end view, partly broken away, v Figure 4 is a sectional plan view of the base of the battery support or holder, and

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the bat-- tery box or case.

Referring now to these figures my invention proposes a battery having in addition to its usual cell holding box or case 10, covers 11, terminals 12, connectors 13 and side handles 14, a pair of conductors 15. and 16 which preferably depend along its relatively opposite'sides. The upper ends of these con ductors 15 and 16 are suitably connected to,

or made integral with,.the battery terminals 12, and it is obvious from this that the conductors may be made of the same or a different material as compared to that of the terminals 12. The opposite ends of the conductors 15 and 16 lead to, and are either suitably connected, or made integral, with a pair of contact blocks 17 and 18 which are preferably of -the elongated rectangular form shown presenting downwardly directed V-shaped contact portions and which are also preferably located, in the substantially spacedrelation shown, upon the bo tom surface of the battery box or case 10, for a reason which will hereinafter be made plain. i

The battery support or holder may be of.

any suitable construction and any suitable mode of attachment to the parts to which it is connected in use may be resorted to, although its base 19 should be either of a nonconducting material as shown or the contact blocks 20 and 21 should be insulated therefrom. These contact blocks are preferably positioned to receive. the battery carried blocks 17 and 18 thereon and preferably have V-shaped grooves so that blocks 17 and 18 will seat evenly and uniformly therein and contact surfaces of considerable area will thus coincide. The battery leads 22 and 23 usually connected to the terminals-12 are securely fastened to or made integral wit the blocks 20 and 21 and extended through the base 19 of the support or holder.

For the connection of the battery in place, the holder or support has upright portions, for instance rods 24, upon the upper threaded ends of which are disposed clips 25 to to clam the battery firmly down within the -hol er or support, so that by p'ositio1r= engage the battery handles 14, and nuts 26 the battery clamping means act to hold support or holder and again ti hten the My invention thus ful y carries clamps; out the objects first above stated and pre-.

'sents a. simple, practical and economical manner of labor, time and trouble saving.

I claim:

1. A storage battery of the type employed in automobiles and motor cars, having conductois permanently in connection therewith and extending from the terminals thereof, contact members to which said conductors are joined, and a battery sup port or holder having contact members disposed to receive the contact members of the battery thereagainst when the battery' is seated in the support or holder.

2. A storage battery and its support or holder as used in automobiles or motor cars, said battery having contact members and conductors joining the contact members with the battery terminals, and said support or holder having contact members and leads extending therefrom, positioned to receive the contact members of the battery thereagainstf 3. A storage battery and its support or holder as used in automobiles or motor cars, said battery having contact members and conductors joining the contact members with the battery terminals, and said support or holder having contact members and leads extending therefrom, positioned to receive the contact members of the battery thereagainst, and clamping means for holding the battery within its support, adapted to maintain said contact members in firm even contact. 1

:4. A storage battery and its support or holder as used in automobiles or motor cars.

said battery having contact members and conductors joining the contact members with the battery terminals, and said support or holder having contact members and leads extending therefrom, positioned to the base thereof and conductors leading along its sides from the terminals thereof to said blocks, and said holder or support having on its base contact blocks positioned to receive the contact blocks of the battery thereagainst andhaving leads permanently connected to and extending from its said blacks. I

6. A storage battery and its holder or support asused in automobiles and motor cars, said battery having contact blocks onthe base thereof and conductors leading along-its sides from the terminals thereof to said blocks, and said holder or support having on its base contact blocks positioned to receixe the contact blocks of the battery thereagainst and having leads permanently connected to and extending fromits said blocks,. the contact blocks of the battery presenting V-shaped ribs and the contact blocks of the support or holder having V- shaped grooves receiving said ribs.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

BENJAMIN F. POTH. 

